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Dictionary Definition of frost
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frost noun 1. the atmospheric condition which causes the freezing of water. 2. degrees of frost, degrees below freezing point: we had ten degrees of frost ( i.e., -10°C ). 3. a covering of minute ice needles, formed from the atmosphere at night on cold surfaces when the dewpoint is below freezing point ( white frost or hoarfrost ). Cf. black frost. 4. the act or process of freezing. 5. crushed glass of paper thickness, used for decorative purposes. 6. a coolness between persons; an icy manner. 7. Colloquial something which is received coldly; a failure. 8. Colloquial a swindle. -- verb (t) 9. to cover with frost. 10. to give a frostlike surface to (glass, etc.). 11. to ice (a cake, etc.). -- verb (i) 12. Also, frost up. to freeze or become hardened with frost. [ME and OE frost, forst, c. D vorst, G Frost, Icel. frost, akin to FREEZE ] -- frostless, adjective -- frostlike, adjective |
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Frost noun 1. Sir David Paradine, born 1939, British television personality; noted for comedy programs such as That Was the Week That Was (1962) and The Frost Report (1966--67) and interview shows. 2. John, 1784--1877, English Chartist, transported to Tasmania in 1840, as a political prisoner; on his return to England he publicised the horrors of convict life. 3. Robert Lee, 1874--1963, US poet. |
